The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-02

worked simultaneous with the advent
of railroad. Between Duck Valley
and Tim-pah-ute Valley, distance of
about 1a miles, by the Freiburg
route, and lis, by the Bristol, the
tributary districts viii be Phoebe, Bris-
toll, Jack Rabbit. Pah-ran- agat, Little
Cherry Greek, Reville, Typo, Blind
Mountain, Grant, Troy and Silver King,
and many others more distant than
sixty miles, but more or less .r
DEPENDENT UPON ONE ROAD FOB DEPELeP-
Some OF these camps have been i'm
mensely productive, and still continue
to be worked with very satisfactory re-
suits. At Phoebe, Bristol, Pah-ran. agat,
Typo and ReVille, milling and smelling
works have been erected and operated
on the ores of the local mines, but the
cost of supplies, and of transportation
is SO great that only ores of the higher
grades can be handled with profit.
Along the route between Tim pah-ute
Valley and Ash Meadows, a distance
of about 101 miles, the business will be
derived from the mining district of
Groom. Southeastern, Resting Springs,
Cook, Tecopa and Mineral Basin, and
from the deposit of borate of lime
at Ash Meadows. and extensive borax
works in the Amargosa and Death
Valleys. These districts contain
mines giving excellent promise,
though containing mostly low grade
ores. AT Resting Springs, Cook and
Tecopa. stamp mills and smelling furn-
aces have also been erected, and though
in some instances, operated with but
little pecuniary benefit. yet with the
advantages supplied by a railroad, these
will certainly become sources of profit.
At present considerable work is being
done in some of these camps, but
nothing at all in others. Although
THE MINING INDUSTRIES
to which we have already referred will
be the principle sources from which
road to Ash Meadows will derive its
support, many others lying in the Tele-
scope, Darwin, Coso and Corregrodo
ountains..will be within convenient
distance ano made tributary should the
road be extended to Mojave. The
great bulk of mineral so lavishly
extant in the numerous mountain
ranges to be tapped by the pro-
posed road, is low and medium
grade, varying from $35 to over 500 per
lonesome reaching several hundred
dollars per ton-and as result of
assortment, immense dumps have been
accommodating for years past. Also
scores of mines, already located and
proven to be natural assures, and con-
tanning in every detail the means of
steady output, are lying dormant until
the cost of necessary supplies and of
ko{i oh oil 6o hoK
ores valued at S35 and $40 per ton can
lief accorded through the medium of a
railroad, not only will the now known
resources develop into vast fields of
revenue, requiring transportation for
\ TONNAGE OF TREMENDOUS PROPORTION,
(at least 200 tons per day. with return
shipment of mining machinery, coal and
all articles of both agricultural and do
nestle use, but other camps are bound
to 70 low with additional contributions
to the business OF the road, as nearly
every mountain range crossed gives evi-
dence of containing sources of wealth
vet unexhumed. In conclusion We re-
spectfully suggest that the route as
described will be very readily traced by
reference to an othclal map OF the
country published under the direction
of the Chief of Engineers of the United
States Army.
We wish to acknowledge our obliga-
tons to Mr.. A. w. Geer, of Pah-ran-
agat Valley, and Mr.. Charles Towner,
of Indian Springs, for information and
courteous treatment received from
them.
Respectfully submitted,
]. FEWsoN SMITH, Engineer.
JOHN SHARP, JR.,
ALFALEs YOU'VE.